Penguindrum is one of those thing, like Wonder Egg Priority, that people have been recommending to me, like, forever. Really. Seriously. For ever. A Certain Retailer had two of the light novels and…
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The Power of Three: Steins;Gate
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The Power of Three: Princess Jellyfish
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The Power of Three: Cowboy Bebop
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The Power of Three: Millennium Actress
Satoshi Kon was the original flim-flam man. Well, probably not. The original flim-flam man probably dates back to about five minutes after the invention of portable currency. If…
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The Power of Three: Tokyo Godfathers
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While I was waiting for the Flowers of Evil manga to go on sale I picked up the anime to tide me over, and BOY, was I glad…
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The Power of Three: Samurai Champloo (revisited)
Some time ago I looked at Fuu, Jin, and Mugen and concluded that they were a sort of half-assed Eternal Triangle, where the two guys vie for the…
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The Power of Three: Amagi Brilliant Park
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The Power of Three: A Silent Voice
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The Power of Three: Komi Can’t Communicate
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The Power of Three: Carole and Tuesday
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The Power of Three: Welcome Back, Alice
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The Power of Three: Darling in the Franxx
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The Power of Three: Ghost in the Shell
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The Power of Three Minus One: Maison Ikkoku
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The Power of Three Minus One: Spy X Family
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Penguindrum
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The Power of Three Plus Two: O Maidens in Your Savage Season
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Mawaru Penguindrum – 02
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The Power of Two: Nana
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